A review by tildafin16
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Pleasant enough read with Ben being a special favourite- the depiction of his mental health in his earlier years is amazingly well done. But I didn’t feel the main conceit of the book really had much to do with what came afterwards? Which made it something else and to me not totally clear or not so clear as it could have been, I wanted it to be more than a sentimental look at life passing. What did strike me , and is beautifully shown,  is all the other lives touched by the characters , making me reflect on the impossibility of knowing how different the world becomes all they time due to the violence we inflict on one another.